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slawecki Mar 31, 2019 12:38 pm

What to do with Almost 2 million points?
 
my 500k or so starwood points just became almost 2 MILLION Bongo Bongo points. with the 2 mil BB points, it appears i can get a mid grade room at the daniel i for one nite1!!!! what am i missing? can i transfer these points to something worth while in airline miles?

myperks Mar 31, 2019 12:47 pm


Originally Posted by slawecki (Post 30949623)
my 500k or so starwood points just became almost 2 MILLION Bongo Bongo points. with the 2 mil BB points, it appears i can get a mid grade room at the daniel i for one nite1!!!! what am i missing? can i transfer these points to something worth while in airline miles?

you are missing a lot... and your conversion is off.

slawecki Apr 1, 2019 10:53 am

What to do with Almost 2 million points?
 

Originally Posted by MarkCron (Post 30952119)
Hope the OP takes some od the advice in this thread and reports back

I JUST checked, and rechecked, i show 1.,975,000 bb points, and i am a gold. can these bb points be converted to airline miles? when i go on the marriott site, all the seem to want to sell is a vacation to somewhere. is 1,975,000 a mot of bb points?

SanDiego1K Apr 1, 2019 11:06 am


Originally Posted by slawecki (Post 30952937)
I JUST checked, and rechecked, i show 1.,975,000 bb points, and i am a gold. can these bb points be converted to airline miles? when i go on the marriott site, all the seem to want to sell is a vacation to somewhere. is 1,975,000 a mot of bb points?

It's enough points to make me jealous. Here's the relevant thread in the forum:

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/marr...fer-times.html

And here it is on the Marriott site:

https://www.marriott.com/loyalty/red...ts-to-miles.mi

I've asked the mods to move your query to the relevant thread as it doesn't focus on the OPs loss of status.

myperks Apr 1, 2019 11:35 am


Originally Posted by slawecki (Post 30952937)
I JUST checked, and rechecked, i show 1.,975,000 bb points, and i am a gold. can these bb points be converted to airline miles? when i go on the marriott site, all the seem to want to sell is a vacation to somewhere. is 1,975,000 a mot of bb points?

As you said in a different thread, “with the 2 mil BB points, it appears i can get a mid grade room at the daniel i for one nite1!!!!” :D

EdofFX Apr 1, 2019 11:48 am

What are BB points? and where did you earn them?

schley Apr 1, 2019 11:55 am

Well they aren't getting more valuable, thus you should have asked up around 1m. I'd be burning these things until I hit around 500-600k to keep around. I'm sure you travel on airlines, so transfer to your program of choice, or better yet wait for multipliers for hotel to air conversions that some programs offer sporadically (AA/BA, etc.).

Also you can get any hotel rooms you want for quite a while, but please don't sit on these any longer.

arlflyer Apr 1, 2019 12:03 pm


Originally Posted by EdofFX (Post 30953150)
What are BB points?

My only guess is "butt-in-bed"; for airlines the term is usually BIS ("butt-in-seat"), though I haven't seen an analogous abbreviation as commonly used in the hotel forums.

Dav77 Apr 1, 2019 12:09 pm

A donation to a new member with only 72.000 points would be highly appreciated ☺️

friscotrvlr Apr 1, 2019 12:45 pm

My thought as well as I sit on 1M points. Man, I have to spend these quickly. My average vacation week went from 225k points three years ago to 300k + $500 (the only reward available). Spend em today because they will be worth less tomorrow.

margarita girl Apr 1, 2019 3:18 pm


Originally Posted by EdofFX (Post 30953150)
What are BB points? and where did you earn them?

Presumably BonBon or Bongo Bongo points. :)

EdofFX Apr 1, 2019 5:49 pm


Originally Posted by margarita girl (Post 30953949)


Presumably BonBon or Bongo Bongo points. :)

Ah, the Bongo Bongo points! I was coming up with different names after the merger, but Bongo Bongo sounds better. You can transfer them to airlines, just don't expect great conversion ratios. Luckily, you have boat loads of them, so that should lessen the pain. My suggestion would be for you to pick the airline that would spark your joy first, and transfer later.

margarita girl Apr 1, 2019 6:08 pm


Originally Posted by EdofFX (Post 30954337)
Ah, the Bongo Bongo points! I was coming up with different names after the merger, but Bongo Bongo sounds better. You can transfer them to airlines, just don't expect great conversion ratios. Luckily, you have boat loads of them, so that should lessen the pain. My suggestion would be for you to pick the airline that would spark your joy first, and transfer later.

Transfer ratios are same as they were with SPG. 20K SPG pts = 25K miles for most airlines. Now 60K BB pts = 25K miles for most airlines.

weld3z Apr 1, 2019 6:36 pm

I disagree with burning the points and keep certion amount in the account !!
you should use them the correct way 5 nights in expensive hotels, if the hotel sell the room for 280 or less i well pay more than that i well use the points if my stay 5 nights or more (this is my strategy most of the time)
Also you can use them for 7 nights plus air miles here is the link https://www.marriott.com/loyalty/redeem/travel/packages.mi

​​​​​​Im sitting on 1,600.000 points today just use 240k in London save me something around $2500 for 5 nights..
if you have 2M try to keep your account with 700k all the time..!

EdofFX Apr 1, 2019 7:15 pm


Originally Posted by margarita girl (Post 30954385)


Transfer ratios are same as they were with SPG. 20K SPG pts = 25K miles for most airlines. Now 60K BB pts = 25K miles for most airlines.

Well, 3 to 1 is not a great ratio (even though it resulted in the same number of air miles as in the SPG era). That was what I meant. Actually this thread reminded me of the air miles transfer options.

OP mentioned in another thread that he does not stay in chain hotels, but he somehow earned 700,000 SPG points. So this thread may be the product of this very special day.


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